Language: K'iche', Joyabaj

Classification

This entry has been retired and is featured here only for bookkeeping purposes. Either
the entry has been replaced with one or more more accurate entries or it has been retired
because it was based on a misunderstanding to begin with.

The name is a dialect or dialect group name, and therefore incorrect for a
language designation. It should be changed to the general language name. There
is almost no disagreement among linguists about what the general language names
for Mayan languages are. The majority of the Ethnologue/ISO names are, however,
dialect names. Please see section 4 for an elaboration of the languages
according to family divisions and branches.

[RA comment: the name form Quiché in Spanish spelling will also be retained for
historical reference with regard to the standard.]